Checklist of the family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Taiwan with description of a new species and some new records
Author
Huang, Chih-Wei
Author
Lee, Yen-Chen
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Biodiversity Data Journal
2016
4
5653
5653
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e5653
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e5653
1314-2828-4-5653
Epitonium (Parviscala) beachportensis (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
Description
Tiny, white, costae about 16-18 in number, that are continuous from whorl to whorl, with a peaked angle below the suture (Fig. 2c). Interspaces between the costae sculpture with fine spiral threads, without umbilicus. Shell height 5-9mm.
Distribution
The species has been taken off South Australia. In Taiwan, one dead specimen was collected from the beach of Lu-tao Island. This species is a new record from the East Asian region.
Records
Scala (Mazescala) beachportensis
Cotton and Godfrey 1938
: pl. 17, figs 5.
Epitonium beachportensis
Kaicher 1981
: No. 3057.
Epitonium (Parviscala) beachportense
Weil et al. 1999
: p.134.